Teaching ESL/EFL listening and speaking

Author(s)

• Newton, J. (Jonathan)
• Nation, I. S. P.

Bibliographic Information

Teaching ESL/EFL listening and speaking

Jonathan M. Newton and I.S.P. Nation

（ESL and applied linguistics professional series）

Routledge, 2021

2nd ed

• : hbk

Note

First ed.: 2008

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-280) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This guide for teachers and teacher trainees provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their listening and speaking skills and fluency, using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning. By following these suggestions, which are organised around four strands-meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development-teachers will be able to design and present a balanced programme for their students. Updated with cutting-edge research and theory, the second edition of Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking retains its hands-on focus and engaging format, and features new activities and information on emerging topics, including: Two new chapters on Extensive Listening and Teaching Using a Course Book Expanded coverage of key topics, including assessment, pronunciation, and using the internet to develop listening and speaking skills Easy-to-implement tasks and suggestions for further reading in every chapter More tools for preservice teachers and teacher trainers, such as a sample unit, a "survival syllabus", and topic prompts The second edition of this bestselling book is an essential text for all Certificate, Diploma, Masters, and Doctoral courses for teachers of English as a second or foreign language.

Table of Contents

1. Parts and Goals of a Listening and Speaking Course 2. Beginning to Listen and Speak in Another Language 3. Listening 4. Extensive Listening 5. Language-focused Learning through Dictation and Related Activities 6. Pronunciation 7. Learning through Task-based Interaction 8. Learning through Pushed Output 9. Teaching Using a Course Book 10. Language-focused Learning: Deliberate Teaching 11. Developing Fluency 12. Assessing Progress

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC01806619
• ISBN:
  • 9780367195519
• LCCN: 2020020304
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 283 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 428.0071
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA52906729